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Satellite image of the Amazon Delta captured by NASA in 2005. NASA satellite photograph of the Nile Delta (shown in false color) A river delta is a landform shaped like a triangle, created by the deposition of sediment that is carried by a river and enters slower-moving or stagnant water. [1] [2] This occurs at a river mouth, when it enters an ...
Shaker Heights, Ohio. Occupation (s) Editor, educator, suffragist, businesswoman. Known for. One of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta. Madree Penn White (November 21, 1892 – January 31, 1967) was an American editor, educator, businesswoman and suffragist. She was one of the founders of Delta Sigma Theta, and the sorority's second president.
Gary L. Harrell: Retired Major General. Former Commander of Delta Force from 1998 to 2000. Served as a troop commander during invasion of Panama in 1989 and served as C Squadron Commander during the Battle of Mogadishu in Somalia in October 1993. Paul R. Howe: Delta Force veteran of Operation Just Cause in Panama and Operation Gothic Serpent.
Colorado River Delta. / 31.74°N 114.66°W / 31.74; -114.66. The Colorado River Delta is the region where the Colorado River flows into the Gulf of California (also known as the Sea of Cortez) in eastern Mexicali Municipality in the north of the state of Baja California in northwesternmost Mexico. The delta is part of a larger geologic ...
Injuries. 76 (26 serious) Survivors. 94. Delta Air Lines Flight 1141 was a scheduled domestic passenger flight between Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas and Salt Lake City, Utah. On August 31, 1988, the flight, using a Boeing 727-200 series aircraft, crashed during takeoff, resulting in 14 deaths and 76 injuries of the 108 on board.
Number of employees. 4,958 (2018) The Groupe Latécoère ( French: [ɡʁup latekɔɛʁ]) is an aircraft company based in Toulouse, France. [1] Founded by the aeronautics pioneer Pierre-Georges Latécoère during 1917, the company became well known in its first few decades for its range of seaplanes, such as the six-engined Latécoère 631 .
The Delta rocket family was a versatile range of American rocket-powered expendable launch systems that provided space launch capability in the United States from 1960 to 2024. Japan also launched license-built derivatives (N-I, N-II, and H-I) from 1975 to 1992. More than 300 Delta rockets were launched with a 95% success rate.
2001 Image of the active delta front before Hurricanes Katrina and Rita destroyed much of the delta in 2005. The Mississippi River Delta is the confluence of the Mississippi River with the Gulf of Mexico in Louisiana, southeastern United States. The river delta is a three-million-acre (4,700 sq mi; 12,000 km 2) area of land that stretches from ...